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Chongzuo: Toeing the China-Vietnam Border Line
Explore China Adventure Club journeysJourney at a glance
- Day 1 Arrival in Nanning, drive to Chongzuo
- Day 2 Chongzuo
- Day 3 Chongzuo
- Day 4 Chongzuo to Nanning departure
About this Journey
Border towns have a certain inherent romance and verdant Chongzuo near China’s southern border with Vietnam is no exception.
While the city’s greatest strength lies in its well-placed location for forays into the dreamland of karst mountains, rivers and waterfalls nearby, it is also a hotbed of traditional Zhuang culture and the perfect place to learn more about China’s largest minority ethnic group.
Tour Highlights
- Enjoying a picnic at the top of the secret Dragon Head hills while watching the sunset over the karst hills, farms and lush riverine landscape
- Riding through sugar-cane fields and rice paddies at the Mingshi Scenic Area
- Exploring Tongling waterfall, the tallest in southwest China
YOUR JOURNEY
Route Map
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Itinerary
Day 1 Arrival in Nanning, drive to Chongzuo
Arrive in Nanning and meet your local guide • Drive 2.5 hours to Chongzuo, a border town surrounded by karst peaks and rich in Zhuang culture • Enjoy a welcome dinner featuring local flavors before returning to your hotel.
Day 2 Chongzuo
Meet your guide and travel to Tongling Grand Canyon to explore caves, forested gorges, and the 168-meter Tongling Waterfall, the tallest in southwest China • Continue to Detian Transnational Waterfall on the China–Vietnam border, walking along wooden paths for multiple views and visiting the border market to sample Vietnamese coffee.
Day 3 Chongzuo
Travel to the Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape to view vivid 2,000-year-old cliff paintings of the Luoyue people on foot and on a 50-minute river cruise • Cycle or ride an e-scooter through the Mingshi Scenic Area, passing rice paddies, sugar-cane fields, and karst hills, with a picnic amid the pastoral landscape.
Day 4 Chongzuo to Nanning departure
Your local guide will escort you to the Nanning airport (around 2.5 hrs drive) for your noon or afternoon departure flight.
Hotels
MINGSHI MOUNTAIN VILLA, DAXIN
BoutiqueThe Mingshi Nali Hotel combines simple elegance with understated luxury to produce a truly iconic location. A contemporary homage to village architecture, the hotel’s exterior fits seamlessly amid the rice paddies and sculptural limestone peaks that surround it. All of this is visible from the floor-to-ceiling windows within that bring the lush, tropical landscape beyond directly into the rooms.
Photos
Photos Detian Transnational Waterfall paintings of the Luoyue people, immortalized on steep cliffs amid the riverine karst landscape of the China-Vietnam border. Karst landscape around Mingshi Tongling Grand Canyon Mingshi, Chongzuo Colorful caves at the Tongling Grand Canyon Tongling Grand Canyon
Details
What’s Included
- All accommodations based on double-occupancy including breakfasts, as indicated in the itinerary
- All meals, as indicated in the itinerary, and drinking water
- All admission fees and activity expenses, as indicated in the itinerary
- Ground transportation, including airport transfers
- Services of an English-speaking local guide
What’s Excluded
- International and domestic flights, domestic trains, plus relevant taxes
- Chinese tourist visa, which is required for most foreign passport holders
- Travel and medical insurance
- Meals, apart from those included in the itinerary, and alcohol
- Expenses of a personal nature
- Excursions and activities not included in the itinerary
- Discretionary gratuities for guides and drivers
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